Arkansas Highway 33
{{Short description|Highway in Arkansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=AR
|type=AR
|route=33
|map=Arkansas 33.png
|established=1926
|direction_a1=South
|terminus_a1={{jct|state=AR|AR|130}} near Almyra
|direction_b1=North
|terminus_b1={{jct|state=AR|US|79}} in Roe
|length_mi1=21.76
|direction_a2=South
|terminus_a2={{jct|state=AR|US|79}} near Roe
|direction_b2=North
|terminus_b2={{jct|state=AR|US|70}} in DeValls Bluff
|length_mi2=13.03
|direction_a3=South
|terminus_a3={{jct|state=AR|US|70}} in Biscoe
|junction3={{jct|state=AR|I|40}} near Biscoe
|direction_b3=North
|terminus_b3={{jct|state=AR|US|64}} near Augusta
|length_mi3=33.79
|direction_a4=South
|terminus_a4={{jct|state=AR|US|64}} in Augusta
|direction_b4=North
|terminus_b4={{jct|state=AR|AR|37}} near Tupelo
|length_mi4=17.34
|counties= Arkansas, Prairie, Monroe, Woodruff, Jackson
|previous_type=AR
|previous_route=32
|next_type=AR
|next_route=34
}}
Arkansas Highway 33 (AR 33) is a designation for four state highways in east Arkansas. One segment of {{convert|21.76|mi|km}} runs from Highway 130 east of Almyra north to U.S. Route 79 (US 79) in Roe. A second segment of {{convert|13.03|mi|km}} runs from US 79 north of Roe north to US 70 in DeValls Bluff. A third segment of {{convert|33.79|mi|km}} runs from US 70 in Biscoe north to US 64 east of Augusta. A fourth segment of {{convert|17.34|mi|km}} runs from US 64 in Augusta north to Highway 37 east of Tupelo.
Route description
=Almyra to Roe=
Highway 33 begins at Highway 130 east of Almyra in Arkansas County on the Grand Prairie in the Arkansas Delta. The route runs north to a brief overlap with Highway 153 at Lagrue, followed by the western terminus of Highway 33S at Casscoe. Continuing north, Highway 33 reaches a T-intersection with Highway 146. The route forms a {{convert|1.0|mi|km}} concurrency with Highway 146 before turning north toward Monroe County.{{Cite map |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Arkansas County, Arkansas |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/ArkansasCounty.pdf |cartography= Planning and Research Division |format= PDF |date= April 3, 2014 |accessdate= March 27, 2016 }} After riding the Arkansas-Monroe county line for approximately {{convert|1.5|mi|km}}, the route enters Prairie County for {{convert|2.49|mi|km}} before entering the western portion of Monroe County. The route serves as the western terminus for Highway 366 before entering the town of Roe, where it terminates at US 79.
=Roe to DeValls Bluff=
The route begins at US 79 north of Roe and runs northwest, passing the Clarendon Municipal Airport before exiting Prairie County northbound.{{Cite map |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Monroe County, Arkansas |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/MonroeCounty.pdf |cartography= Planning and Research Division |format= PDF |date= April 3, 2014 |accessdate= March 27, 2016 }}
File:Arkansas Highway 33 ends concurrency with US 70.jpg
Returning to Prairie County, Highway 33 serves has intersections with Highway 86 and Highway 302 and passes farm fields and channel catfish aquaculture ponds before entering DeValls Bluff, one of two county seats of Prairie County, where it terminates at US 70.
=Biscoe to Augusta=
The route begins at US 70 in Fredonia (Biscoe) and runs north, interchanging with Interstate 40 (I-40) and passing agricultural land on the west side of the road and the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge to the east. Highway 33 has an {{convert|6.7|mi|km|adj=on}} overlap with Highway 38 east of Des Arc until meeting the Woodruff County line at Little Dixie.{{Cite map |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Prairie County, Arkansas |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/PrairieCounty.pdf |cartography= Planning and Research Division |format= PDF |date= April 3, 2014 |accessdate= March 27, 2016 }}
File:Highway 33 south of Gregory, AR.jpg
Upon entering Woodruff County, the route continues north along the western edge of the Cache River NWR, encountering Highway 262 twice and passing through Gregory. Highway 33 intersects Highway 260 before nearing Augusta and intersecting Highway 33C, before terminating at US 64 east of Augusta.
=Augusta to Tupelo=
The route begins at US 64 in Augusta and runs north a rural route passing through agricultural areas.{{Cite map |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Woodruff County, Arkansas |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/WoodruffCounty.pdf |cartography= Planning and Research Division |format= PDF |date= April 3, 2014 |accessdate= March 27, 2016 }}
Upon entering the southern portion of Jackson County, Highway 33 runs east to Tupelo, where a concurrency with Highway 17 forms for approximately {{convert|1.5|mi|km}} to Overcup, when it turns east, crosses the Cache River, and terminates at Highway 37.{{Cite map |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Jackson County, Arkansas |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/JacksonCounty.pdf |cartography= Planning and Research Division |format= PDF |date= April 3, 2014 |accessdate= March 29, 2016 }}
History
Highway 33 was an original Arkansas state highway, running from Roe to Tupelo in Jackson County. The highway was extended south from US 79 in Roe to its current southern terminus by the Arkansas State Highway Commission (ASHC) on May 9, 1956.{{cite web |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf |format= PDF |title= Minute Order 1415 |work= Minutes of the Meeting |date= May 9, 1956 |publisher= Arkansas State Highway Commission (ASHC) |page= 1865 |accessdate= March 27, 2016 |archive-date= October 1, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181001143728/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf |url-status= dead }} Highway 33's original alignment through Augusta was restored to the state highway system in 1956 as Highway 33C.{{cite web |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf |format= PDF |title= Minute Order 1499 |work= Minutes of the Meeting |date= May 9, 1956 |publisher= ASHC |pages= 1877–1878 |accessdate= March 27, 2016 |archive-date= October 1, 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181001143728/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo53-69.pdf |url-status= dead }} The alignment was shifted slightly in 1970 to pass by the Clarendon Municipal Airport.{{cite web |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo70-79.pdf |format= PDF |title= Minute Order 70-45 |work= Minutes of the Meeting |date= February 25, 1970 |publisher= ASHC |page= 1590 |accessdate= March 30, 2016 |archive-date= November 5, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111105110847/http://www.arkansashighways.com/minute_orders/Mo70-79.pdf |url-status= dead }}
Major intersections
Mile markers reset at some concurrencies.
{{Jcttop|state=AR}}
{{ARint
|county=Arkansas
|cspan=6
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|130}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{ARint
|type=concur
|location_special=Lagrue
|mile=5.60
|road={{jct|state=AR|AR|153|dir1=west}}
|notes=Southern end of AR 153 concurrency
}}
{{ARint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=6.30
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|153|dir1=east|city1=Crocketts Bluff}}
|notes=Northern end of AR 153 concurrency
}}
{{ARint
|location=Casscoe
|mile=11.23
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|33S|dir1=north}}
|notes=Southern terminus of AR 33S
}}
{{ARint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=11.76
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|146|dir1=east|location1=Preston Ferry}}
|notes=Southern end of AR 146 concurrency
}}
{{ARint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=12.77
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|146|dir1=west|city1=Stuttgart}}
|notes=Northern end of AR 146 concurrency
}}
{{jctco|state=AR|county=Prairie}}
{{ARint
|county=Monroe
|cspan=4
|location=none
|mile=19.98
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|366|dir1=east|nolink=yes|location1=White River NWR}}
|notes=Western terminus of AR 366
}}
{{ARint
|location=Roe
|mile=21.76
|road={{Jct|state=AR|US|79|city2=Clarendon|city1=Stuttgart}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{jctgap}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=AR|US|79|city1=Stuttgart|city2=Clarendon}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{ARint
|county=Prairie
|cspan=7
|location=none
|mile=6.03
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|86|dir1=west}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of AR 86
}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=9.97
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|302|dir1=east}}
|notes=Western terminus of AR 302
}}
{{ARint
|location=DeValls Bluff
|mile=13.03
|road={{Jct|state=AR|US|70|city2=Brinkley|city1=Hazen}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{jctgap}}
{{ARint
|location=Fredonia (Biscoe)
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=AR|US|70|city1=Hazen|city2=Brinkley}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=2.07
|road={{Jct|state=AR|I|40|location1=Memphis|city2=Little Rock}}
|notes=Exit 202 on I-40
}}
{{ARint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=13.59
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|38|dir1=west|city1=Des Arc}}
|notes=Southern end of AR 38 concurrency
}}
{{ARint
|county1=Prairie
|county2=Woodruff
|type=concur
|location=Little Dixie
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|38|dir1=east|city1=Cotton Plant}}
|notes=Northern end of AR 38 concurrency
}}
{{ARint
|county=Woodruff
|cspan=7
|location=none
|mile=6.13
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|262|dir1=east|location1=McClelland}}
|notes=Western terminus of AR 262
}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=12.57
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|262|dir1=west|location1=McClelland}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of AR 226
}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=17.17
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|260|dir1=east|location1=Grays}}
|notes=Western terminus of AR 260
}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=19.19
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|33C|dir1=north|city1=Augusta}}
|notes=Southern terminus of AR 33C
}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=20.20
|road={{Jct|state=AR|US|64|city1=Bald Knob|city2=McCrory}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{jctgap}}
{{ARint
|location=Augusta
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=AR|US|64|city1=Bald Knob|city2=McCrory}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{ARint
|county=Jackson
|cspan=3
|type=concur
|location=Tupelo
|mile=12.33
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|17|dir1=north}}
|notes=Southern end of AR 17 concurrency
}}
{{ARint
|type=concur
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|17|dir1=south}}
|notes=Northern end of AR 17 concurrency
}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=5.01
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|37}}
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
Auxiliary routes
Arkansas Highway 33 has two auxiliary routes. Highway 33 Spur is a short spur route near Casscoe serving as a connector to a residential area near the White River. Highway 33 City is a business route in Augusta serving the downtown business district while the parent route bypasses the city to the east and north.
=Casscoe spur=
{{Infobox road small
|state=AR
|route=33
|type=AR-Spur
|length_mi=1.75
|length_round=2
|location=Arkansas County
}}
Arkansas Highway 33 Spur is a spur route of {{convert|1.75|mi|km}} near Casscoe. The route runs from Highway 33 east to Daisy Lane near the White River.
Major intersections
{{jcttop|length_ref={{Cite map |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Arkansas County, Arkansas |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/ArkansasCounty.pdf |cartography= Planning and Research Division |format= PDF |date= April 3, 2014 |accessdate= March 27, 2016 }} |state=AR |county=Arkansas }}
{{ARint
|location=Casscoe
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|33|nolink=yes}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{ARint
|location=none
|mile=1.75
|road=Daisy Lane
|notes=Northern terminus
}}
{{Jctbtm}}
{{Clear}}
=Augusta city route=
{{Infobox road small
|state=AR
|route=33
|type=AR-Bus
|name=Highway 33C
|length_mi=3.10
|length_round=2
|location=Augusta
}}
Arkansas Highway 33 City is a business route of {{convert|3.10|mi|km}} in Augusta.
;Route description
Highway 33C begins at Highway 33 southeast of Augusta. The highway runs due west into the city's southern portion, or New Augusta., as Gregory Street. In the city limits, Highway 33C curves north and becomes 6th Street, turns west becoming Sycamore Street and turns again north on 3rd Street. Highway 33C begins an overlap with US 64B at Main Street, and the two highways pass through the Augusta Commercial Historic District. Now in the oldest part of Augusta, the highways are also paralleled by the Augusta History Walk. Highway 33C passes the Ferguson House, Augusta Presbyterian Church and Woodruff County Courthouse, all listed on the National Register of Historic Places before turning onto Magnolia Street, passing the Augusta Memorial Park, turning onto 5th Street, and terminating at US 64.
;History
Highway 33's original alignment through Augusta was restored to the state highway system in 1956 as Highway 33 City.
Major intersections
{{jcttop|length_ref={{Cite map |publisher= Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department |title= General Highway Map, Woodruff County, Arkansas |url= http://www.arkansashighways.com/maps/Counties/County%20PDFs/WoodruffCounty.pdf |cartography= Planning and Research Division |format= PDF |date= April 3, 2014 |accessdate= March 27, 2016 }} |state=AR |county=Woodruff |location=Augusta }}
{{ARint
|mile=0.00
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|33|nolink=yes}}
|notes=Southern terminus
}}
{{ARint
|mile=1.32
|road={{Jct|state=AR|AR|339|dir1=south|name1=6th Street}}
|notes=Northern terminus of AR 339
}}
{{ARint
|type=concur
|mile=2.22
|road={{Jct|state=AR|US-Bus|64|dab1=Augusta|dir1=east|name1=Main Street}}
|notes=Southern end of US 64B concurrency
}}
{{ARint
|type=concur
|mile=3.10
|road={{Jct|state=AR|US|64|city1=McCrory|city2=Bald Knob|name1=Shell Street}}
{{jct|state=AR|US-Bus|64|dab1=Augusta|dir1=ends}}
|notes=Northern terminus; western terminus of US 64B
}}
{{Jctbtm}}
See also
References
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